Since the release of Wicked last fall, fans of the musical have been eagerly waiting for the second installment Wicked: For Good. One person who seems just as eager as everyone else to watch the movie? Actor Jonathan Bailey, who plays Fiyero.
During his Wednesday (June 25) appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Bailey shared his reaction to the latest trailer for the sequel, which is set to release on Nov. 21. “It sort of teleports you back, but there’s so much that I didn’t see of the [Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande‘s] extraordinary work,” he said. “I’m a massive fan of Wicked, anyway, but like you I got to see so much stuff for the first time. And it is enchanting.”
The Bridgerton star singled out one scene in the trailer in particular, of “Cynthia and Ariana on a pink swing floating in the air” as a scene he was particularly excited to watch. But when Fallon pressed him for details on what looked like a wedding between his character and Grande’s Glinda, Bailey kept his lips sealed. “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. I don’t marry and tell,” he said with a smirk.
Bailey’s not the only actor from the upcoming movie who’s excited to watch the final product. In Billboard‘s June cover story, Erivo told Pride editor Stephen Daw that her character, Elphaba, gets to “access her rage more” in the new film, adding that “she is delicious in this next one.”
Elsewhere during his Tonight Show interview, Bailey also reacted to the internet’s obsession with the eyewear he sports in his new film Jurassic World Rebirth, as fans have referred to his “slutty little glasses” as often as possible. “He’d be so proud to be called ‘slutty,’” he said of his character, before adding that the spectacles were a nod to the star of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, Richard Dreyfuss.
Watch Jonathan Bailey’s full interview with Jimmy Fallon below:
